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A Funny Incident

A funny incident happened yesterday. I was on my way back to home on my bike after the office. I was driving fast, though not too fast, it’s around 60kmph. Then suddenly I saw that the traffic light I was about to reach had become yellow. At any moment it would change to a red light. So, I increased my bike’s speed further thinking that I would be able to cross it while it was yellow. But to my dismay as I was about to cross it, the signal became red and I pressed the brakes immediately. It’s difficult to stop the bike immediately at that time, but to my good luck, I was able to stop it. But my bike was way ahead of the zebra lines and I was looking around to check the availability of any traffic police nearby. Then suddenly a policeman arrived from nowhere and sat behind me and told “chalo chowki (let’s go to chowki.” I was surprised and perplexed at the same time. To me, Chowki is a police station; so I was sure that there’s no escape for me from getting booked then. I was cursing myself as well as my bad luck and my chain of thoughts were busy leading me to the different possible consequences of the situation. Then suddenly the policeman asked me to drive my bike although the red light was still shining. I got more confused and looked at him. He told me that I could manage to sweep through the traffic as there was very less rush and he needed to reach Chowki ASAP. Oops, then only I realized that the policeman actually sat on my bike for a lift and he not only asked for the lift but also to break traffic rules. I’m confused again, thinking what to do? break the rules or follow. But since my mind was already fatigued with my non-stop array of thoughts, I obeyed the policeman and drove in between the traffic feeling relieved a bit. The policeman got down at the Chowki (which is nothing but one of the bus stop on my route) thanking me, and I continued my journey to reach home.